Run for Cover
“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?” -Amos 3:8
I was sitting out on my back deck recently working on a message late at night when I heard a strange noise from the woods that surround our home. It was the sound of the crunching of leaves under the heavy tromping of some kind of large animal. Then, I heard a huff of breath. I assume the animal was a deer, which would pose no particularly serious threat, but since the night was pitch black and I could not see my potential attacker’s identity, I closed the laptop and headed in for the night.
It’s natural for us to become a little alarmed when we hear animal noises around us. We take heed, we size up the situation, measure our danger, and take cover if necessary. Amos, the farmer, was a practical man. His message was one of simple wisdom: If you heard a lion roar, you’d react with alarm and fear right? Well, God has spoken, why don’t you react by fearing Him and repeating His warning to others?
It seems so simple. God has given us His instruction book for living life to the full. But in our day when discernment is dead, we live by shallow emotionalism more than by the meaty doctrine of the Word of God. God has spoken, have you taken heed? God has revealed everything you need to know about Himself and His will in the medium of His Word. Have you searched it out?
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